a. rare. [f. ppl. stem of assumed L. *confixāre, freq. of confīgĕre + -IVE: see prec.] Characterized by fixing (elements) together: see quot.
1874. H. Bendall, trans. Schleicher’s Compar. Gram., I. 3. Languages which can link to these invariable sounds of relation, either before, or after, or in the middle, or in more than one place at once … are Confixative Languages.
